Painting by Deidre Blair Submitted Get ready to hit the road for one of Western Maine’s most scenic and creative fall outings! The 5th Annual Mahoosuc Art & Agriculture Tour, a family-friendly, self-guided tour of working farms and local artists, returns on Sunday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees will enjoy barnyard […]
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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Norway library nonfiction/AV additions
Biography: Andrés, José– Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs Barry, Dave – Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up Carter, Graydon – When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines Jong-Fast, Molly – […]
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Local author offers workshop series in Norway
“All of us are descended from people who experienced the world as alive. We have the capacity to give life to that way of thinking, feeling, and being again. And this holds the potential to heal our planet, our culture, and our lives.” This philosophy guides the work of Sumner’s Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, and lies […]
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ArtsFarmington opens Fall Season with Resinosa Ensemble
FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington is pleased to start off the 2025 fall season by presenting the Resinosa Ensemble, three women musicians, who will be playing works by American female composers. The concert will be on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in Emery Arts Center, University of Maine at Farmington. Suggested price is $20 for Adults […]
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Let’s Get It Right! in Harrison
HARRISON — Resilient Harrison Maine and Harrison Village Library will present a monthly discussion series based on the book What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Structured as a series of interviews and short essays, the information contained in the book will readily prompt further discussion, exploration, and broaden […]
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Mahoosuc Art & Agriculture Tour returns
BETHEL — Get ready to hit the road for one of Western Maine’s most scenic and creative fall outings! The 5th Annual Mahoosuc Art & Agriculture Tour, a family-friendly, self-guided tour of working farms and local artists, is Sunday, Sep. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees will enjoy barnyard fun with baby animals, […]
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Norway library art exhibit opens
NORWAY — Visitors to Norway Memorial Library can enjoy an art exhibit in the reference room. Items of Refuse features fourteen works of encaustic mixed media by Heather Newton Brown. The art exhibit explores the tension between discarded and degraded items and the performance of beauty. It is a commentary on capitalism, societal norms, […]
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UMF launches online Master of Education program to help meet needs of educators
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is launching a new online graduate program that will provide working professionals with advanced qualifications to improve their earnings and meet the evolving needs of Maine educators and schools. The new 30-credit Master of Education (M.Ed.) program approved by University of Maine System Trustees in July also […]
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Former river guide, Wilton author to speak at Rumford library
RUMFORD — Friends of Rumford Public Library will host Wilton author Michael D. Burke, who will read from his new release “The Art of the Myth: Maine Essays” on Aug. 26. For more than 30 years, he was a whitewater and wilderness river guide, running rivers in California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Mexico, and Alaska, […]
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Blue Regional School District bus run 2025-26
Students should be at the bus stop five minutes prior to pickup time These are approximate times First trip Bus #23 – Starks – Lisa Nile – Driver. First pick up New Sharon Rd. 6:05; New Sharon & Pressey Rd – Sandy River Rd. 6:05 – 6:20; Anson Rd. 6:20; Anson & Faulkner Hill & […]